Conference: INCLUDES: Culturewise Pathways to Indigenous STEM Education

在NSF Includes计划的支持下，该项目旨在解决当地生态知识与西部STEM教育长期缺乏的问题。忽视土著观点限制了土著学习者参加STEM课程和从事职业的机会，并在STEM教育中造成了更广泛的参与挑战。为了应对这一挑战，该项目将召集一组土著学术、社区和教育领袖。在三个会议阶段，这个小组将分享真实的、具有文化针对性的例子，说明什么在STEM教育中对土著学习者有效，什么不有效。这些讨论将有助于确立包容性土著教育的愿景。该项目将制作一份学习简编，供当面、印刷和在线传播。评估可能揭示与会者和教育工作者如何处理和提供具有文化响应性的STEM教育。该项目的目标是收集为土著学生设计的模范社区驱动的STEM教育。在第一阶段，与会者将促进知识分享和确定创新战略。在第二阶段，参与者将利用学习成果以小组形式工作，制定建议和行动计划，扩大土著对STEM的参与。项目组假设，会议记录的第三阶段传播可以提高教育工作者设想和制定符合文化背景的STEM教学的能力。此外，这些资源可以促进STEM教育的系统性改进，促进包容性，扩大土著学习者的参与。通过这些努力，该项目旨在弥合土著知识和西部STEM扫盲之间的差距，最终为增加土著在STEM领域的代表性和成功铺平道路。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With support from the NSF INCLUDES Program, this project aims to address the significant and persistent lack of integration of local ecological knowledge with western STEM education. Neglecting Indigenous perspectives limits opportunities for Indigenous learners to pursue STEM courses and careers and creates broadening participation challenges in STEM education. To address this challenge, the project will convene a group of Indigenous academic, community, and education leaders. Over three conference phases, this group will share authentic, culturally specific examples of what works and does not work in STEM education for Indigenous learners. These discussions will help establish a vision for inclusive Indigenous education. The project will produce a compendium of learnings for dissemination in-person, in print, and online. The evaluation may reveal how conference participants and educators approach and deliver culturally responsive STEM education. The goal of the project is to gather exemplary community-driven STEM education designed for Indigenous students. During Phase I, conference participants will facilitate knowledge sharing and identify innovative strategies. In Phase II, participants will work in small groups using learnings to develop recommendations and action plans for broadening Indigenous participation in STEM. The project team hypothesizes that the Phase III dissemination of conference Proceedings can improve educator capacities to envision and enact culturally appropriate STEM instruction. In addition, these resources can contribute to systemic improvements in STEM education that foster inclusivity and broaden participation among Indigenous learners. Through these efforts, the project aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous knowledge and western STEM literacy, ultimately paving the way for increased Indigenous representation and success in STEM fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.